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Whoosh!

A powerful force sucked Kong Wei into the ghastly green canopy.

"I'm sorry, Lord God! I didn't mean to!" Kong Wei shrieked, hurriedly relaying everything that had happened to the Straw Hat Overlord.

"So a life-form named Huang Ji outmaneuvered me. I never anticipated such madness." The Straw Hat Overlord sounded somewhat reflective.

He had to admit that a tiny creature had fooled him.

He was indeed furious, but he was also delighted.

He was furious because he had violated the Star Realm Order. From this moment on, he had lost his legitimate sovereignty over the Sombrero Star Cluster, and other Ascension Entities could apply to replace him as its ruler at any time.

As for his delight...

"What a worthy New World, one I've awaited for so long. Its civilizations actually planned to trick me into coming here so they could eliminate me..."

"They went through with it without hesitation, despite the obviously asymmetric nature of this war?"

"What mindset led them to such a decision? It makes no sense."

From the Straw Hat Overlord's perspective, everything should have proceeded in an orderly fashion: the Fear Tree Clan would secure the "claim," summon him, and let him take over this new experimental field.

He had never imagined anything unexpected would happen. All he had to do was wait.

Yet an impossible surprise had occurred.

Before the Fear Tree Clan had brought this region under control, he had received a counterfeit notification indistinguishable from the real thing... and rushed over in eager anticipation.

Only after arriving did he realize he had been deceived.

In that moment, he had been utterly furious, but delight had immediately followed.

What a fascinating event! Through an act of extreme, self-destructive madness, they had dragged him into this! Everything he had learned over hundreds